as a pharmacy tech i have heard these drugs taken together are for drug seekers! does this cause some kind of high? i cant find any info on what these 2 drugs do to a patient when combined! thank you
What does clonidine and tramadol do when taken together?
Question posted by alyssawolfe on 15 July 2010
Last updated on 2 July 2023 by Quando62
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Quando62
2 July 2023
As a Retired pharmacist and medical researcher for over 40 years with Emory University Hospital in midtown Atlanta Ga.
I have taken Tramadol for 10 years straight at 250mg a day for fibromyalgia, RA, ADHD, chronic pain, and GAD as well as ADHD, and worked incredibly for energy, fatigue, and depression better than ANY TCA, SSRI, OR SNRI that I wasted time trying, and crosses the Brain-Blood Barrier in less than 30 minutes without a single side effect. Tramadol works exactly like Methadone but at only 10% of Methadone's strength.
I have discovered taking, Clonidine, 0.1 daily, or as needed, found them to work blissfully well as a sleep aid. My major chronic depression, muscle pain, arthritis, fibromyalgia, anxiety, PTSD, Addiction, Hypertension, and supraventricular tachycardia all remain in place. I've tried many meds for these conditions. Usually, I end up scrapping them for ineffectiveness. Clonidine is one of the rare drugs that works properly." I have not taken a Tramadol in 2 years but DID NOT have any side effects or interactions while taking them together.
Each person is different, if you take both together, you will need to tweak the amount that works best with the least side effects and interactions.
Coffee is the number 1 addictive drug in the world which has great benefits for the heart and mood at 2 cups a day, just like dark red wine. But taking more of a GOOD Thing can be a NIGHTMARE!!!
maine0607
28 July 2017
Clonidine is used in treatment of tramadol addiction as they both have the same receptor.
Dogfood1
29 Sep 2011
You must be very careful when mixing the two I almost died from mixing the wrong drugs cause clonidine is normally used as a very strong high blood pressure medicene and lowers ur blood pressure a lot and I heard they recently just started using it for opiate withdraws so I would be carefully especially if u have a bad opiate problem because if u mix then both it can be life threatening. I had mixed the wrong things and I ended up in the ICU with a heart rate of 32 and came close to death I could remember fading in and out so please be careful not fun definattly life changing the reason I lived was cause I had a great doctor and the stuff they injected in me called narcimen and if u know what opiate withdrawls feel like multiple that Times 50 all in the course of a few hours not a good feeling so be careful
BCboy
25 Nov 2010
y would u take them together,clonidine is for opiate withdrawal and tram is a weak opiate.
alyssawolfe
25 Nov 2010
EXACTLY!!! But for some reason many patients seem to get them prescribed together FROM DIFFERENT DOCS OF COURSE
Tina Love
10 April 2018
Clonidine is also for blood pressure which is why I take it
Inactive
15 July 2010
there is no Interaction that I found. I am not and expert only a lay-man and could be wrong.
Inactive
15 July 2010
I misunderstood the question. I was thinking he was looking for harmful Interactions
christineATU
15 July 2010
Subzero is right. However, I found this info under Ultracet:
"Ultracet is used to treat moderate to severe pain for a period of five days or less. It contains two pain-relieving agents. Tramadol, known technically as an opioid analgesic, is a narcotic pain reliever. Acetaminophen is the active ingredient in the over-the-counter pain remedy Tylenol."
Read more: https://www.drugs.com/ultracet.html
tramadol is not only addicting, it could bring on seizures if you suddenly stop taking it. Please be careful with these meds. By the way, since you have better access to a pharmacist then most people, why not ask him/her?
My Best Wishes,
Chris
alyssawolfe
25 Nov 2010
WELL I didnt want my pharmacists to think anything strange with me asking that question. I do have access to many pharmacy tech certified web sites but still saw nothing that indicated this was a method that people used to get high! thats just amazing to me tramadol is not a controlled substanced what so ever and clonidine has many off label uses,but I never imagined the lenghts people would go to for a opiate feeling buzz!!! WOW anyway Thanks for your imput It is certainly not me using these meds!
christineATU
25 Nov 2010
I apologize for assuming they were for you. By the way, several states have already gone out on their own and had it re-classified as a controlled substance. Especially in the South. The FDA really needs to catch up with the times!! Have a nice night,
chris
alyssawolfe
25 Nov 2010
no worries!! its ok!! ya know what now that you said that I remember a conversation at work about tramadol being at least a class 5 in some states.AND YOUR SO RIGHT the FDA certainly does need to catch up here in maryland at least! they FINALLY pulled darvocet off the shelves today! they were suppose to be do that at least a year ago!! Thanks again have a nice night also!!!
subzero58
15 July 2010
hi alyssa, the tramadol is made like an opioid or a man made form of what our brains produce.i know that every pharmacist is told that tramadol,ultram and Ultracet are not made from opiam.chemists have engineered what is known as an opened end ladder or just close enough to mimic the same chemicals with just enough to be classified as non narcotic.but if you ask anyone on them if there is withdraw when stopping,they will say yes. but back to your question,clonidine lowers the blood pressure to intensify the tramadols "non-narcotic" effect.
christineATU
15 July 2010
Sounds like Big Pharma got to someone in the FDA on that one!
alyssawolfe
25 Nov 2010
your right subzero!! as a certified pharm tech, had no idea that tramadol with or without acetaminophen was in a class with opiates at all.I knew there was something going on with why patients were going so crazy over TRAMADOL all of a sudden!!! Seems a little risky lowering your blood pressure to intensify the effect!! Well opiate addiction is through the roof so i guess some people do whatever is necessary!! Thanks for your info!!!
Inactive
15 July 2010
If you go to the home page of this site you will find drug interactions click here and just enter these two medications to find out what it does when taken together.
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